Crystalline hydrogensulfates of quaternary ammonium compounds and their use

ABSTRACT

CRYSTALLIZED HYDROGENSULFATES OF QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS DESCRIBED BY THE GENERAL FORMULA   (R1)3R2N+HSO4-   WHEREIN R2 IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SATURATED ALKYL GROUPS HAVING FROM 3 TO 6 CARBON ATOMS AND ARYL, PREFERABLY PHENYL OR MONOSUBSTITUTED PHENYL AND R1 IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SATURATED ALKYL GROUPS HAVING FROM 1 TO 6 CARBON ATOMS PROVIDED THAT WHEN R2 IS AN ALKYL GROUP HAVING FROM 3 TO 6 CARBON ATOMS, R1 MUST BE AN ALKYL GROUP HAVING FROM 3 TO 6 CARBON ATOMS. SUCH COMPOUNDS ARE USEFUL IN CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL OPERATIONS IN ANALYTICAL AND PREPARATIVE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, E.G. IN ION-PAIR EXTRACTIONS AND A ENFORCING ELECTROLYTE IN POLARGRAPHY AND SYNTHETIC ELECTROCHEMISTRY. METHODS FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND FOR CARRYING OUT ION-PAIR EXTRACTIONS ARE ALSO DESCRIBED.

United States Patent Office 3,816,533 Patented June 11, 1974 US. Cl.260-567.6 M 4 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Crystallizedhydrogensulfates of quaternary ammonium compounds described by thegeneral formula (R R N+HSO wherein R is selected from the groupconsisting of saturated alkyl groups having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms andaryl, preferably phenyl' or monosubstituted phenyl and R is selectedfrom the group consisting of saturated alkyl groups having from 1 to 6carbon atoms provided that when R is'an alkyl group having from 3 to 6carbon atoms, R must be an alkyl group having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms.Such compounds are useful in chemical and physical-chemical operationsin analytical and preparative organic chemistry, e.g. in ion-pairextractions and as enforcing electrolyte in polarography and syntheticelectrochemistry. Methods for their preparation and for carrying oution-pair extractions are also described.

The present invention relates to crystallized hydrogensulfates ofquaternary ammonium compounds to be used in chemical andphysical-chemical operations in analytical and preparative organicchemistry, e.g., in ionpair extractions and as enforcing electrolyte inpolarography and synthetic electrochemistry, their preparation, and amethod for carrying out ion-pair extraction. One object of the presentinvention is to obtain compounds, which are difiicult to extract withordinary solvents such as chloroform and which are stable and notsensitive to air and are easily obtained in pure form.

A second object of the present invention is to extract anions from awater phase to a solvent phase, such as chloroform or methylenechloride, by means of compounds which are difficult to extract in suchsolvents, the anions being extracted as ion pairs by means of thesecompounds.

Another object of the present invention is to carry out this ion-pairextraction by means of compounds which are easy to obtain in pure form,free from disturbing ions and which are completely stable and notsensitive to air.

The nucleophilic displacement reaction is one of the most importantreactions in preparative organic chemistry and has thus been extensivelystudied. The main problem associated with this reaction is that saltscontaining the appropriate anion are often not very soluble in organicsolvents. This problem has been circumvented in several different waysnone of which is entirely satisfactory.

(1) Reactions in an organic layer with the salt present as a solid.

(2) Reaction in a two layer system with the salt in the aqueous layer.

(3) Reaction in hydroxylic solvents.

(4) Reaction in highly polar aprotic solvents.

. The disadvantages with a reaction according to point 1 are'obvious.The reactions according to points 2 and 3 show the distadvantage thatprotic solvents readily solvate anions and thus decrease theirreactivity. The reaction time will therefore be highly increased.Further, protolytic 1sjide reactions will also interfere, if the anionis a strong ase.

At present the reaction according to point 4 is the most used oneespecially using DMSO (dimethylsulfoxide), DMF (dimethylformamide) andHMPA (hexamethylphosphorarnide) as solvents. These solvents readilydissolve many salts and the anions have a very high reactivity sincethey are poorly solvated. This method has, however, severaldisadvantages owing to the facts that the solvents are expensive, andusually not readily recovered, that the reactions are often sensitive totraces of water and that these solvents tend to increase the extent ofO-alkylation at the expense of C-alkylatiori in reactions with mesomericanions. All these problems can be avoided if a salt which is soluble'inwater-immiscible organic solvents, is used.

It has now surprisingly been found that crystallized hydrogensulfates ofquaternary ammonium compounds which show the advantages that they arereadily obtained in pure condition free from disturbing ions, that theyare completely stable and insensitive to air,-and that they are verydiflicult to extract, are suitable to be used in the above definedfield.

The compounds according to the present invention are described by thegeneral formula wherein R is selected from the group consisting of saturated alkyl groups having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms and aryl, preferablyphenyl or monosubstituted phenyl and R is selected from the groupconsisting of saturated alkyl groups having from 1 to 6 carbon atomsprovided that when R is an alkyl group having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms,R must be an alkyl group having from 3 to carbon atoms.

Suitable compounds are:

tetrapropylammonium hydrogen sulfate tetraisopropylammonium hydrogensulfate tetrabutylammonium hydrogen sulfate tetraisobutylammoniumhydrogen sulfate tetraamylammonium hydrogen sulfate tetrahexylammoniumhydrogen sulfate phenyltrimethylammonium hydrogen sulfatephenyltriethylammonium hydrogen sulfate phenyltributylammonium hydrogensulfate p-tolyltriethylammonium hydrogen sulfatep-chlorophenyltriethylammonium hydrogen sulfate These compounds may beprepared in several different ways which is shown by the general methodsillustrated below:

The compounds of the general formula R R N+Hso, 1'

in which formula R and R are as defined above is prepared as follows:

(A) A compound of the general formula in which R is selected from thegroup consisting of lower alkyl groups having from 1 to 4 carbon atomsis reacted with H O during acid catalysis to form a compound of thegeneral formula I.

(B) A compound of the general formula (R )3 in which formula A- is alipophilic anion of a week an, is reacted with H 50 to form a compoundof the general formula I. e

(C) A compound of the general formula (R R N+H is reacted with H 80 toform a compound of the general formula I.

(D) A compound of the general formula (R )3R N+X- is reacted with acompound of the general formula Q+HSO in which formula X is selectedfrom the group consisting of halogenides, alkylsulfates, perchloratesand arylsulfonates and Q denotes an ammonium ion, which need not be aquaternary ion,

(E) A compound of the general formula is reacted with H SO, in thepresence of H 0 to form a compound of the general formula I.

Thus, it is possible to hydrolyze the quaternary ammonium salt of adialkylsulfate (A) with water by means of an acid catalyst such assulfuric acid, or another strong acid, in a manner known per se, thehydrogen sulfate thus obtained being freed from solvent and thecatalytic amount of the acid -by evaporation in vacuo, whereupon thesalt is recrystallized from, c.g., methylethylketone.

Another way of preparing the quaternary ammonium hydrogen sulfaterelates to the following equilibrium (D).

in which reaction formula Q is an ammonium ion, which need not be aquaternary ion.

The reaction is carried out in such a way that an aqueous solutioncontaining the ions defined above in stoichiometric amounts is shakentogether with an organic solvent such as chloroform or methylenechloride. Thereby Q+X migrates to the organic solvent layer on theassumption that X- is more easy to extract than H80 which assumption isvalid e.g. for halogenides, alkylsulfates, perchlorates, andalkylsulfonates. The aqueous solution will therefore be enriched in ('R'R N+HSO which can crystallize by evaporation.

The preparation may also be illustrated by the following reaction scheme(B).

in which reaction A- is a lipophilic anion of a weak acid, HA, such as apolyhalogen phenol or a long-chain fatty acid such as oleic acid.

A fuorth way (E) of preparing the hydrogen sulfates is by reacting aquaternary ammonium iodide with sulfuric acid in the presence ofhydrogen peroxide in an aqueous solution.

It has also been found that it is possible to form the salts of thenucleophilic compounds by means of an ion-pair extraction. As an activecomponent for obtaining ion pairs there is used at least one compoundhaving the general formula in which R is selected from the groupconsisting of saturated alkyl groups having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, andaryl, preferably phenyl or mono-substituted phenyl, and R is selectedfrom the group consisting of saturated alkyl groups having from 1 to 6carbon atoms, provided that when R is an alkyl group having from 3 to 6carbon atoms, R must be an alkyl group having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms.

The present invention will be described with reference to the followingexamples, which, however, are not intended to restrict the invention.

4 EXAMPLE 1 This example illustrates the preparation oftetrabutylammonium hydrogen sulfate, according to the reaction schemeBu4N+I- Bu N+0;S0CHr Bu|N+HSOr 02 4 HzSOt 185 grams (1 mole) ofn-butyliodide and 185 grams (1 mole) of tributylamine in 500 mls. ofacetonitrile were refluxed overnight. After cooling to room temperature,140 grams (1.1 moles) of dimethylsulfate were added, after which thesolution was 'boiled for 8 hours, the methyl iodide formed beingdistilled ofI little by little. Then the acetonitrile was evaporated invacuo and 500 mls. of water and 1.5 mls. of concentrated sulfuric acidwere then added to the residue. The mixture was allowed to boil whiledistiling off the methanol formed until the theoretical amount ofmethanol was obtained, which happened after 24 hours. The solution wasevaporated in vacuo, whereupon the semi-crystalline crude product wasrecrystallized from ethylacetate. Yield 200 grams of tetrabutylammoniumhydrogen sulfate, having a melting point at 170.-6 C.

In the corresponding manner tetrapropyl-, tetraarnyl-,phenyltrimethylphenyltriethyl-, p-tolyltriethyl-, andpchlorophenyltriethylammonium hydrogen sulfates were prepared.

EXAMPLE 2 To an aqueous solution of 259 grams (1 mole) oftetrabutylammonium hydroxide, 98 grams (1 mole) of sulfuric acid wasadded. The solution obtained was evaporated in vacuo, whereupon theresidue, tetrabutylammonium hydrogen sulfate, was recrystallized frommethylethyl ketone, melting point 170.6 C.

In the corresponding manner tetrahexylammonium hydrogen sulfate wasprepared.

EXAMPLE 3 25.8 kgs. moles) of tetrabutylammonium bromide and 22 kgs. (83moles) of pentachlorophenol were dissolved in 80 liters of toluene. Thissolution was extracted with 80 liters of water containing 3.4 kgs. (85moles) of sodium hydroxide. The layers were separated from each other,after which the organic layer containing tetrabutylammonium phenolatewas extracted with 80 moles of sulfuric acid in 80 liters of water andthen with 40 liters of pure water. The collected water layers wereevaporated in vacuo whereupon 80 liters of methylisobutylketone wereadded. The solution was filtered hot and then was cooled to 0 C. Theyield was 25.4 kg. (93.5%) of crystalline tetrabutylammonium hydrogensulfate.

The amount (1.7 kg.) of Bu N Br, which stayed in the aqueous layer atthe sodium hydroxide extraction was recovered by extraction with 40liters of methylene chloride. 1.7 kg. of recovered Bu N Br plus 25.4 kg.of Bu N H80 gives a yield of 100%.

In the event that the compounds prepared according to example 3 abovecontain sulfuric acid the recrystallization is carried out in thefollowing way:

Bu N H80 is dissolved in methylisobutylketone, whereupon water free K COis added. This mixture is boiled while stirring for two hours. Thesolution is filtered hot whereupon it is cooled and thetetrabutylammonium hydrogen sulfate precipitates.

The yield is about ethylammoniumiodide and 3.4 mls. (0.06 moles) ofconcentrated sulfuric acid in mls. of water 4 mls. (0.03

moles) of 30% hydrogen peroxide were added while stirring. The mixturewas heated on a water bath for minutes, whereupon it was cooled to roomtemperature and was filtered. After evaporation of the filtrate in vacuothe compound obtained was recrystallized from isopropanol, whereby 14 g.of phenyltriethylammoniumhydrogen sulfate was obtained having a meltingpoint at 123 C.

In a similar manner tetrabutylammonium hydrogen sulfate was alsoprepared.

EXAMPLE 5 For the preparation of tetrahexylammonium hydrogen sulfate thereaction according to Example 1 was carried out, with the exception thatacetone was used as solvent instead of water. After 15 minutes ofheating the acetone was evaporated in vacuo, whereupon the reactionproduct obtained was recrystallized three times from ethyl acetate.

EXAMPLE 6 This example illustrates the preparation of tetrahexylammoniumhydrogen sulfate.

0.05 moles of tetrahexylammonium bromide and 0.052 moles of2,4,6-trichlorophenol were dissolved in 75 mls. of toluene. Thissolution was thereupon shaken with three 50 mls. portions of sodiumhydroxide containing 0.05, 0.025 and 0.01 moles of NaOH respectively.Thereafter 0.05 moles of H 50 in 50 mls. of water were added to thetoluene layer, whereupon the mixture was distilled by means of steamuntil no more triphenol was distilled 0E. The water layer wasrecrystallized from ethyl acetate. Melting point l00l05 C.

The use of the compounds of the present invention according to theinvention will now be described in a number of examples, which, however,are not intended to restrict the invention.

As these quaternary ammonium hydrogen sulfates are diflicult to extractwith chloroform and methylene chloride it is possible to extract thecorresponding quaternary ammonium salt for example by adding an alkalisalt containing a monovalent anion. These ammonium salts may then bereacted for example with alkylor acylhalides, thereby providing a greatnumber of synthesizing methods, almost all of which are clearly superiorto conventional methods.

This will be illustrated by the following example, which, however, arenot intended to restrict the present invention.

EXAMPLE 7 0.1 moles of tetrabutylammonium hydrogen sulfate in an aqueoussolution containing 0.1 moles of NaN was extracted with chloroform. Thechloroform layer was evaporated thereby to obtain tetrabutylammoniumazide, which was readily reacted with an acid chloride to form an acylazide, which is decomposed by means of heat according to the reactionformula heat RCON: -v RNCO N2 According to this method alkyl isocyanatesare readily prepared.

EXAMPLE 8 In a manner corresponding to the one described in Example 7tetrabuylammonium isocyanate was prepared by extracting tetrabutylammonium hydrogen sulfate and NaNCO. By reacting Bu N+NCO- with analkylhalogenide, RX, RNCO was obtained. According to this methodisocyanates could also be prepared.

EXAMPLE 9 In the same way as described in Example 7 abovetetrabutylammonium nitrite was obtained by reacting 6 and NaNO- Byreacting this salt with an alkyl halogenide the correspondingnitroalkane was prepared, and by using this nitrite source in a waterfree solvent, diazotization may be obtained.

EXAMPLE 10 In the same way as described in Example 7 abovetetrabutylammonium cyanide was obtained by reacting and NaCN, saidcyanide being soluble in organic solvents. Then by means of thiscyanide, alkylor acylcyanides were very easily obtained by a reaction inan organic solven with the appropriate alkylor acylhalogenide.

EXAMPLE 11 1 By reacting a carboxylic acid, R-COOH, with a qua.-

ternary ammonium hydrogen sulfate, such as Bu N+HSOr thetetrabutylammonium salt of the carboxylic acid was obtained. Then byreaction with an alkyl halogenide the corresponding alkyl ester of thecarboxylic acid was obtained. This method is especially suitable for thepreparation of esters of carboxylic acids, which are decomposed by acidconditions.

EXAMPLE 12 By reacting a quaternary ammonium hydrogen sulfate such astetrahexylammonium hydrogen sulfate with phenol was readily obtained. Byreacting this salt with an alkyl halogenide the corresponding aryl esterwas readily obtained according to the reaction EXAMPLE 13 The compoundBu N+A, wherein A is a mesomer carbanion was very easily obtained byextraction. Most acids, H+A- having a pK value below 14 can be convertedinto Bu N+A- or another quaternary ammonium salt in this Way, such asCOOCzHg,

Q designates the carbon atoms of the molecule which atom is capable ofemitting a proton, Q being negatively charged. If then analkylhalogenide is added to the Q-alkylated product is obtained in highyield and the reaction is almost instantaneous. This is an advantagecompared with the conventional method, where boiling for several hoursor a whole day (24 hours) is usual.

EXAMPLE 14 This example illustrates an extractive alkylation by means ofa tetralkylammonium hydrogen sulfate. Such organic acids H+A-, which aretoo weak to form salts in water, may, together with a mixture of atetralkylammonium hydrogensulfate and NaOH in a water-chloroformdispersion, give enough ion pairs in the chloroform layer to react withan alkyl halogenide. During the reaction the ion pairs are consumed andmore ion pairs are extracted into the chloroform layer until everythinghas been alkylated. The acid H+A- will be present in the chloroformlayer during all the reaction partly as HA and partly as Q+A-. If theacid contains an ester group it is thus most probable that this groupwill not be hydrolyzed. In this way ethylacetoacetate and malonic esterscan be alkylated with one or two alkyl groups. Also the very weak acids,C H CH CN and C H CH COCH are alkylated under these conditions.

The yields are very good and the method is very simple EXAMPLE 16 andrapid and very superior to conventional methods in these respects. Thetetrabutylammomum salt of methylcyanoacetate 0.1 moles (34 grams) oftetrabutylammonium hydrowas prepared by adding 0.11 moles (38.4 grams)of tetragen sulfate were added to a cooled solution consisting 5butylamomnium hydrogen sulfate to a solution of 0.21 of 0.2 moles (8grams) of sodium hydroxide in 75 mls. moles (8.4 grams) of sodiumhydroxide in 100 mls. of of water. The mixture was added to a solutionof 0.1 water, cooled on an icewater bath. moles (11.6 grams) ofmethylacetoacetate and 0.2 moles This mixture was shaken with 0.1 moles(9.9 g of alkyl iodide in 75 mls. of chloroform while stirring. fmethylcyanoacetate in 100 mls. of chloroform in a The reaction wasexothermic and the mixture became 1o separating funnel until the aqueouslayer became neutral neutral within a few minutes. The layers wereseparated (3 minutes). The layers were separated from each other, fromeach other, the chloroform layer was evaporated the chloroform wasevaporated and the residue of the and the tetrabutylammomum iodide wasprecipitated with hl r f r l y was recrystallized fromethylacetateether. The iodide was filtered off and the ether was evapo-Yield 23.8 gra Melting p nt 33 C. rated. The alkylated products wanalyzed by NMR 0.1 moles of alkyhodtde were added to a solution of andgaschromatography. The yields and products ob- 0.05 moles (17 grams) oftetrabutylammomum salt of tainedare given inTable '1 below.methylcyanoacetate in 75 mls. of chloroform while stir- TABLE 1 R (JRAlkylatlon CHgCOHCOOCH: CHzCOCCOOCHs CH=COG=OOCH| compound, RI

CHxI so 0 02ml 83.5 9 0 (0110mm... 70 0 23.5 C|H9I 90 5 0 Another way ofalkylation by means of an ion pair ring. The reaction was exothermic andwas finished (neuextraction will be described below, wheredimethylbentral) after a few minutes. The chloroform wasevapozoylmalonate, methylcyanoacetate, and acetylacetone are rated,Ether was added, whereupon the tetrabutylamalkylated. monium iodidecrystallized. The iodide was filtered olf. EXAMPLE 15 The yield of theiodide was 97%. The ether solution was 11.8 grams (0.05 moles) ofdimethylbenzoyl malonate evaporated and the residuewas analyzed with NMRand in 50 mls. of chloroform were shaken with a solution g p The Yleldsof monoand dialkylated containing 17 grams (0.05 moles) oftetrabutylammoproducts in relative amounts are given in Table 3 belownium hydrogen sulfate and 4 grams (0.1 moles) of sodium with referenceto four different alkyl iodides which have hydroxide in mls. ofwater.The coloroform layer was been used.

TABLE 3 R NG-(FOOOCHl Alkylation R compound, (I: R1 NC-CHCOOCH; NC-HCOOCH: R

26.0 48.5 25.5 14 72 14 a 94 3 7 so 7 evaporated and the residue, 15.5grams of the tetrabutyl- EXAMPLE 17 ammonium salt of dimethyl benzoylmalonate was re- Th 50 e tetrabutylammomum salt of acetylacetone wascrystallized from ethyl acetate. Melting point, 109- prepared by adding05 moles 70 grams) of tetrabutyl. 110 C. ammonium hydrogen sulfate to acooled solution of 1.1

About 0.05 moles of the tetr butylamm m m l of moles of sodium hydroxidein 500 mls. of water. 0.5 moles dimethylbenzoyl malonate were dissolvedin 100 mls. of (50 grams) of acetylacetone were added and the solutionchloroform. Alkyl iodide was added in excess to the soluwas extractedwith 500 mls. of chloroform. The chlorotion during stirring. form layerwas evaporated and the crystalline residue was The reaction with methyliodide was exothermic and recrystallized from acetone. Yield 70%.Melting point became complete after several minutes. 155

w y P PY and butyliodide it was necessary Iodide was added In doubleexcess to a solution to heat to 550 for 15 to 30 minutes. of thetetrabutylammomum salt of acetylacetone in chloroform while stirring inthe same way as in Example 16 above. The chloroform and the excess ofalkyl iodide were evaporated and the tetrabutylammomum iodide was Thechloroform was evaporated and the tetrabutylammonium iodide wasprecipitated with ether. The preci 'tat w filt d thgl e 51 erassol ueeon0g, gisndewssgregt vgith Ielther, wlere p recipitated by adding ether tothe residue. After filtra- 1 d 1) P e e was tron the ether wasevaporated and the residue analyzed 311a 31 Y The results are Elven 111Table 2 by NMR and gas-chromatography, the results in Table 4 below.below being obtained.

TABLE 2 O R O R Alkylatlon compound, RI corn-ii (ilk-C O 0 CH1) 2 05115('3=C (C 0 0 CH1) 2 TABLE 4 Alkylatlon R 01336 O C C CH3 0 R compound,

RI CHaCO HCOCH: R CHsCO :COCHa CHaT 98.5 1. 5

(CH3) CHI 50.5 49. 5

C H I 87 13 The preparation of another tetrabutylammonium salt is givenbelow which salt can be used for further synthetizing work.

EXAMPLE 18 0.7 moles (238 grams) of tetrabutylammonium hydrogen sulfatewere dissolved in 400 mls. of water. A cold solution of 1.3 moles (52grams) of sodium hydroxide in 350 mls. of water was added. Then a thirdsolution of 0.6 moles (86.5 grams) of methylacetopyruvate in 500 mls. ofchloroform was prepared. The solutions were mixed in a separating funneland shaken for 5 minutes. The layers were separated, whereupon thechloroform layer was treated with active carbon, dried with anhydrousmagnesium sulfate, filtered and evaporated in vacuo. The residue,representing a quantitative yield, was recrystallized from acetone.Yellow crystals, 161 grams, M.P. 140 C. (Koefler Heizbank) wereobtained, representing a yield of 70% of the tetrabutylammonium salt ofmethyl acetopyruvate. The identity of the material was verified by NMR.

Monosubstituted phenyl refers to phenyl substituted by chloro or alkyl,preferably methyl.

The weak acid HA, of which the anion A'- is used, is selected from thegroup consisting of polyhalogenated phenols, such as pentachlorophenoland trichlorophenol, and lipophilic carboxylic acids preferably suchacids which have at least 10 carbon atoms.

With reference to (column 3, line 10) Q+ denotes the ion R R R R N whereeach of R R R and R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogenand hydrocarbons, where two of R R R and R may form a ring, saturated orunsaturated, which may be further interrupted by heteroatoms such as N,O and S, provided that N of the ammonium moiety is bound to hydrogen orcarbon and where nitrogen of the ammonium moiety may be bound to acarbon atom via a double bond. R R R and R may be further substituted.Examples of compounds forming such cations are -3, 6-dihydroxy- 17-methyl-4,S-epoximorfinene- (7)3-hydroxy-17-methyl-6-oxo-4,5-epoximorfinane,

4-phenyl-l-methylpiperidine carboxylic acid-(4)-ethylester,

4- (3 -hydroxyphenyl) l-methyl-4-propionylpiperidine,

3,4-dimethyl-1-piperazine dithiocarboxylic acid,

4-methyl-l-diazepine-dithiocarboxylic acid,

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LEON ZITVER, Primary Examiner M. W. GLYNN, Assistant Examiner US. Cl.X.R.

260-349, 404, 459, 465 R, 465.5 R, 475 R, 483, 491, 493, 501.15, 567.5,593 R, 594, 612 D, 453 P; 252-408 Chemical Abstracts, vol. 33, col. 6169UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Patent No.

Inventor(s) Dated June 11, 1974 Arne Elof Brandstrom et al.

It is certified that error appears in the above-identified patent andthat said Letters Patent are hereby corrected as shown below:

Col. 1, line 71, "distadvantage" should be disadvantage Col. 2, line 69,"week" should be weak Col. 3, line 40, "H80 should be HSO Co ine 5"fuorth" should be fourth col. 6, line 46, "CH COCH COCH should be CHCOEH COCH CoI.-6, line 4 and" shoul be and Col. 7, lne "O should be i VR l C C i Col. 8, line 43, (Table 3, 2nd Col.) "NCCHCOOCH should beNCCH2COOCH Col. 8, line 59, "Alkyd" should be Alkyl Col. 9, Table 4, lstColumn, 2nd compound, "C H 1" should be C H I Col. 9, Table 4, 1st coumn, 3rd compound, "(CH CHI" should be (CH CHI.-7

Col. 9, line 54, "4-(3)-hy roxyphenyl)-" should be.-

4-(3hydroxyphenyl)- -*7 Col. 10, line 13, delete entirely. (repeated)Col. 10, lines 26, 27 & 28, VCrystallized" should be Crystalline Signedand sealed this 29th day-of October 1974.

(SEAL) Attest:

McCOY M. GIBSON JR. 0. MARSHALL DANN J Attesting Officer Commissioner ofPatents

